The IFAW alleges traveling zoos, like the one used by the Detroit Tigers, turn a profit showing off the child animals, which are discarded — even killed — after outgrowing their usefulness to the entertainer.

In closing, the IFAW asks the Detroit Tigers to leverage their audience “to use their mascot and national voice to educate people about the dangers of big cat ownership and pledge that they will, in the future, choose not to pose with tiger cubs because they would never knowingly want to support an industry that thrives off the exploitation of this species.”